My 1st fill was on the 18th of December, with my surgeon. He asked me to come back in 4 weeks time for another. I went to the front desk to book my next appointment, I was told by the receptionist that the next available appointment was the 7th of Feb '08 - nearly 1 month later than the surgeon asked me to come back to see him... at the time I just accepted this, knowing he is very busy.

Christmas has come and gone, I have no restriction what so ever. Thankfully I haven't gained any weight - I put this down to walking, but I am extremely frustrated and disappointed.

I rang the surgeons office today, just to see if I could see him earlier if there happened to be any cancellations. The rooms are closed until the 17th of Jan - so I doubt I'll get to see him before my scheduled appointment.

So... I don't know if I've done the wrong thing here, but I rang my General Practitioner - to see if he does fills at all. And YES he does!

I've booked into see him. I feel a bit disloyal to my surgeon, and don't know if it is wrong of me to see someone else for fills, but I'm desperate - does anyone out there have the same problems getting in for fills?

Amy

I wouldn't feel bad, if your doc can do it, great!!!!!!!

Thanks Brandy - I'm a bit worried that my surgeon will tell me off... But I feel I paid a lot of money (self pay) for this band, and if I'm waiting and waiting for appointments I'm wasting valuable time, feels like it could take twice as long to get to goal. Anyway, thanks for listening and replying to my rant.

Amy

Lots of people get fills from places other than their original surgeons. If he told you to get a fill during a time he wasn't available, I wouldn't worry about his feelings too much.

Thanks Snowbird

Remember.... If you then go back to your surgeon for an additional fill, he won't know exactly what your regular doctor did, and then you run the risk of an overfill, which will make you miserable.

I don't know what most docs do but when I go for a fill my doc pulls all the saline out first to see exactly what I have in there before she adds more, so an overfill shouldn't be an issuse if thats how they do it.